Sidney Crosby scored a power-play goal just 1:38 into overtime, leading the Pittsburgh Penguins to a 6-5 comeback win against the Buffalo Sabres on Wednesday night.
Evgeni Malkin reached a milestone by becoming the 48th player in NHL history to score 500 career goals, while Crosby became the 10th player to reach 1,600 regular-season points. Crosby made a clever pass from behind the net between his legs to Malkin, who was sitting on the ice when he scored.
Crosby achieved his milestone with a secondary assist on Bryan Rust’s power-play goal at 11:01 in the first period. Rust scored again with 46 seconds left to send the game into overtime.
Drew O’Connor also scored a short-handed goal, and Jesse Puljujarvi added his second goal of the season.
Tristan Jarry gave up three goals on five shots in the first period before being replaced. Joel Blomqvist stepped in and made 26 saves.
For Buffalo, J.J. Peterka, who returned after missing two games due to a concussion, scored twice. Ryan McLeod, Tage Thompson, and Jordan Greenway also found the net, while Alex Tuch recorded two assists. Ukko-Pekka Luukkonen stopped 36 shots.
The Sabres were close to winning two games in a row for the first time this season. After losing their first three games by a total of 10-3, they couldn’t hold on to leads of 3-1 and 5-4.
Pittsburgh achieved back-to-back wins for the first time this season.
Rust scored by tapping in a loose puck from right in front of the net with 46 seconds remaining in regulation, tying the game.
